Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

शरीरमदमत्तोऽसि यस्मात्सांब हरेः सुत । अचिरेणैव कालेन शापं प्राप्स्यसि दारुणम्

Transliteration

śarīramadamatto'si yasmātsāṃba hareḥ suta | acireṇaiva kālena śāpaṃ prāpsyasi dāruṇam

Translation

اے سامب، اے ہری کے بیٹے! تو اپنے جسم کے غرور میں مست ہے؛ بہت جلد تجھے ایک ہولناک شاپ (لعنت) کا سامنا ہوگا۔

Word by Word

• शरीर-मद-मत्तः: intoxicated with pride of the body
• शरीर-मद-मत्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + मद (प्रातिपदिक) + मत्त (कृदन्त, क्त; √मद्)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/हेतुवाचक: 'शरीरस्य मदेन मत्तः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थे (because)

• साम्ब: O Sāmba
• साम्ब: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुत: O son
• सुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अचिरेण: in a short time
• अचिरेण: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कालवाचक-तृतीया (within a short time)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• कालेन: by/within time
• कालेन: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कालवाचक-तृतीया

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain/receive
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दारुणम्: terrible
• दारुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शापम् इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative destination) / Sūrya-upāsanā tradition linked to Sāmba

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada directly addresses Sāmba: the sage’s posture is firm, eyes intense; Sāmba stands proud, adorned, youthful—yet the air carries the shadow of an imminent curse.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāmba
• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bodily pride (śarīra-mada) blinds one to dharma; humility before the wise protects one from ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is praised directly; the verse functions as the ethical trigger for the later tīrtha-related resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse delivers a moral warning tied to conduct toward sages.